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C.' RENNE AND F. LANDENBERGER, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y

Letters .Patent lira-97,119, dated November 23, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN WEIGHING-BASKET.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part C! th name.

To all whom it 'may concern,

Be it known that we, l, RENNE and F. LANDEN- BERGEn, of the city, county, and State of' New York, have invented a new and improved Basket; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

Figure l represents a vertical longitudinal section of our improved basket.v

Figure 2 is a detail inverted plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is an end view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to constructa basket so that it will indicate the weight ot' the articles contained in it, to enable housekeeper-s and other part-ics buying goods, to judgewvhetber the correct weighthas been n'ieasured out to them.

The invention consists in suspending the bottom of the basket from springs` which are fastened to the sides of the same, and in connecting such movable bottom with an index-hand or pointer, which will show on a graduated plate or scale the amount ot' weight resting upon the bottom. Thereby the person carry ing the basket will he enabledto see how much weight there is contained in it, and thus fraud by unprincipled venders will be prevented.

A, in the drawing, represents a basket made of willow-twigs, wood, metal, or other suitable material, of suitable form and size.

Its bottom, B, is made separate from the body, and is, by means of springs a a, suspended from and within the same, the springs tending. to draw the bottom up '..lo the bottom isfastened or wit-h it is connected in suitable manner, a pointer for index-hand, b,-which project-s through a slot, c, ofthe basket.

On the side of said slot is fastened a graduated plate, d, upon which the requisite degrees of weight are marked. i

Arms C C, carrying friction-rollers, f, may be attached to the under side of B, so that the rollers will workagainst the sides or ends ofthe basket, to ret-ain the bottom in its horizontal position, and to guide it while it moves up or down. c

Aslarti'cles are placed upon the bottom B, the same become weighted, and descends in proportion to the structed and arranged with respect to the others, in

the manner described.

C. RENNE.

F. LANDEN BERGER.

fit-nesses Geo. W. MABEE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

